"Now we can't wait any longer, the Germans have already surpassed us in the pace of construction of new warships, and the maritime security of the British Empire is already in jeopardy. Pen %Fun %Cabinet www.biquge.info While we were still tentatively discussing new warships, the Germans had already launched their new dreadnoughts in a systematic manner! Here I would like to tell you two things, the first of which is that the battleship Blucher of the Germans was completed earlier than our dreadnoughts! The second thing is that the number of dreadnoughts that the Germans are currently in service, about to enter service and under construction has reached 8! ”

"If we don't catch up, perhaps in just a few years, the Royal Navy of the British Empire will lose the advantage, authority and deterrent power they have accumulated over the centuries! So, we definitely can't wait! We're going to start construction of 6 ships this year! Next year, 6 more ships! The Imperial Navy gave the British Empire everything! So, even if we spend the last pound in the Imperial coffers, we must not back down! Lord Fisher, Lord of the Admirals, said so bitterly in his speech to the House of Lords.

The content of this speech was then stabbed into the newspapers by those who were well-intentioned, and in a very short period of time it detonated public opinion in Britain. Under the dual pressure of public opinion and politics, the British government passed a plan to start construction of 7 dreadnoughts in 1905, of which the number of fast battleships advocated by Fisher - the number of battlecruisers was 1, and the number of battleships was 6!

"It seems like our plan was successful?" Tirpitz, who was sitting in the lower seat, looked at the newspaper in his hand and said. "In the speech the British called the Blucher a battleship, and not a large cruiser or their battlecruiser, maybe they were really confused by appearances?"

Although the German designers had deliberately shortened the length of the Blucher as much as possible at the time of design, in order to prevent the British from seeing the clues from the appearance, the Blucher was still longer than the Nassau, which was a pure-blooded battleship, and for this reason, the Germans also carried out some propaganda on some overt or covert channels, such as reducing the power coefficient, such as emphasizing the impact of triple guns on the width of the hull, etc.

And so far, Tirpitz feels that everything he has done seems to have been successful? At least from the British newspapers!

"Ruprecht, tell me what you think." The highest-ranking Kaiser said to the Bavarian **** sitting on his left.

"Maybe the British haven't built battle cruisers yet, so what about gaining experience? The so-called ten birds in the forest are not as good as one bird in hand. In the case of confusion, it is obviously more appropriate to build a battleship with a foundation first. Originally, Prince Ruprecht wanted to save face for Tirpitz, but according to the information obtained by the prince, Tirpitz's inference was almost entirely based on the English newspapers! This intelligence work is too bad, isn't it? (The author heard that many of the German bombings of the British during World War II relied on the tourist maps issued by the British in the 30s to determine the target, but I don't know if it's true.) Even if the result is correct, the process is really problematic.

"Huh?! It's a possibility. "The Kaiser was also violently agitated. The first dreadnought was built to test the waters, but the battlecruisers had not yet tested the waters. "Investigate this matter a little more clearly, and get some reliable information. I don't want the intelligence services to read the newspaper every day. The Kaiser's words were already full of words.

"Your Majesty." Tirpitz looked at it with trepidation, and then sat down obediently to the side.

"The reaction of the British was really fierce, but it was only a matter of time." The Kaiser sighed, to be honest, until now, he still had lingering feelings about the British people just facing each other, the shadow of the famous tree, and the achievements of the British Empire for hundreds of years were not a joke. Germany was confident that it would defeat France, after all, before Germany was founded, Prussia and a bunch of little brothers had pushed France to the ground. He also had the confidence to stand up to Russia, which was almost a backward and decadent representative in Europe, but the Kaiser was still somewhat afraid of the British Empire, which was in full swing.

But there was no turning back from the so-called opening of the bow, and if the Russians had regained their strength, Germany would have been in a worse position, so the Kaiser had decided that the war must start as soon as possible. Wage war at a time when the power of Germany and Austria is at its peak, and the Entente is not yet fully in shape!

"Our opponents are not only the British, I wonder what the attitude of other countries will be towards this big gamble on the navy, the French, the Americans, the Russians, Austria-Hungary and Italy." The Kaiser paused and said, "Well, I would like to know, do you have any layouts?" ”

"Looking at the situation, I feel that there is no need for Austria-Hungary to participate in this big gamble, their capital and environment determine that the construction in the navy is meaningless." His Highness thought for a moment and said.

"Let's take a look." The Kaiser nodded.

When Britain and Germany provoked this naval gamble, the other countries did not follow suit immediately, and the French continued to complete their Danton-class battle-line with as many as 6 ships, believing that a small number of main guns and a large number of second-class main guns would still be better in actual combat than the more expensive all-main gun columns.

The French behaved as historically, the Danton-class quasi-dreadnought was designed in 1906, and between 1906 and 1908 six ships were built one after another, and the French should have looked down on the dreadnought at the beginning. After all, the historical Dreadnought was commissioned at the end of 1906, and if the French had this idea, they could have designed their own dreadnoughts in 07, and then stopped the subsequent construction plan of the Danton-class, and in fact, the French first-class dreadnought lone class battleship was only started in 1910! This can no longer be explained by the lack of time and money.

After all, the Germans began to build their own dreadnoughts in 07, and the Americans in history even earlier, they started construction at the end of 1906. Even Italy, with its weaker navy, began construction of their first-class dreadnoughts in 1909. So I can only say that this time, the French, who like ingenuity, have not kept up with the pace of the world, which is a pity for France and a blessing for Germany.

At the same time, there is no shortage of some countries with vision in this world, such as Italy, but unfortunately it is not a sufficient condition to have vision, but only a necessary condition for success, Italy is now short of money! Back then, the **** was able to say the poems that were armed to the bow of the ship and went to the world, and that was because Italy had a little savings at that time, but now? More than 100,000 troops are still trapped in North Africa, how can they have so much money?

As for Russia and Japan, not to mention, they are still at war, and they are even more than capable of doing so! Therefore, the things that should have shaken the world were not very reactive. Of course, this is just the calm before the storm that varies. With the retirement of time, what should happen will eventually happen!

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